FirstPost – Special charter flight expected to evacuate over 100 Afghan Sikhs and Indians from Kabul to India

The flight, which is also likely to fly back with over 90 Afghan nationals stranded in India, is expected to bring three Guru Granth Sahibs and Hindu religious texts from the ancient Asamai Mandir in Kabul.

Kabul – Afghanistan / Delhi – India, 10 December 2021. A special charter flight from Kabul carrying over 100 people including Afghan Sikhs and Indians is expected to arrive in Delhi on Friday evening, people familiar with the development said.

The flight is also likely to fly back over 90 Afghan nationals stranded in India along with some medical supplies, they said.

The people cited above said both the Indian government and the Afghan embassy in Delhi coordinated to arrange for the flight.

Officials said the flight was scheduled to arrive at the Indira Gandhi International Airport at around 1 pm, but it may now arrive in the evening.

Puneet Singh Chandhok, president of the Indian World Forum, in a statement, said it is a matter of pride that the “three holy Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji from historical Gurdwaras in Afghanistan and Hindu religious scriptures including Ramanaya, Mahabharth and Bhagavad Gita” from ancient 5th Century Asamai Mandir in Kabul are being brought to Delhi.

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The New Indian Express – CM Manohar Lal Khattar to meet EAM Jaishankar for Haryana man lodged in Australian prison

According to local media reports, Jood, who hails from Haryana’s Karnal, is lodged in an Australian prison for his alleged role in a series of hate attacks on suspected pro-Khalistan Sikhs in Sydney.

Chandigarh – Haryana – India, 27th June 2021. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said he will be meeting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to seek his intervention in securing the release of 24-year-old Vishal Jood from a prison in Australia.

According to local media reports, Jood, who hails from Haryana’s Karnal, is lodged in an Australian prison for his alleged role in a series of hate attacks on suspected pro-Khalistan Sikhs in Sydney this year.

Khattar said he would also urge the Australian High Commission to intervene in the issue, an official statement said here.

The chief minister had earlier also spoken to Jaishankar and was assured of full cooperation from the Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian High Commission in Australia regarding Jood’s release, it said.

Khattar, who is in Manali, said continuous efforts are on to secure the release of the youth.

Meanwhile, on the second day of his visit to the resort town in Himachal Pradesh, the Haryana chief minister held a virtual meeting with representatives of NGOs and NRIs living in Australia and thanked them for sending oxygen concentrators and other medical equipment to India amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

He also urged the Haryanvi diaspora and foreign investors to invest in Haryana.

Describing Haryana as a preferred destination for investment, Khattar said the state government has constituted a Foreign Cooperation Department to resolve various issues related to foreign investment and to coordinate with foreign investors.

Along with this, a single-window system has been created through which investors can get all types of approvals online easily in 45 days to set up their industry, he said.

Apart from this, Khattar said, a relationship manager will be assigned to investors who wish to set up their business in Haryana.

Khattar added that the Haryana government was committed to create a progressive business environment in the state.

In Haryana, 10 industrial model townships with all necessary facilities have been set up.

A separate MSME Department has been created for the purpose of promoting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the state, he said.

Haryana is a preferred destination for auto companies and auto-component manufacturers, the chief minister said.

Haryana has immense potential for industry in the fields of auto manufacturing, skill development, IT and ITES, agro and agro-based industries such as food processing, health and animal science, tourism, integrated aviation hubs, he added.

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